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    Cresta

    Enterprise contact center AI / customer experience platform

    Cresta is an enterprise Customer Experience AI platform that unifies autonomous AI agents, real-time agent assist, and conversation intelligence on one system (Cresta Opera orchestration layer). Founded 2017 out of Stanford AI Lab, it targets large contact centers — coaching human agents live, automating conversations end-to-end, and analyzing 100% of interactions for QA, coaching, and revenue insights. Customers include Verizon, Cox Communications, Alaska Airlines, United Airlines, and Intuit. $280M+ raised; 500+ employees.

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    • Observe.AI — Conversation intelligence and agent assist for contact centers.
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    • Genesys Cloud AI — Enterprise CCaaS with AI agents and workforce tools.

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    Enterprise contact center AI / customer experience platform
    Category
    Enterprise contact center AI / customer experience platform
    Pricing (CSV)
    Free Trial
    Directory pricing
    Freemium
    Sponsored note
    no
    Target audience
    Large enterprise contact centers (telecom, financial services, travel, home services), CX leaders needing unified human + AI agent operations, Regulated industries requiring ISO 42001, HIPAA, SOC 2, GDPR controls, Organizations buying through CCaaS partners (Genesys, NICE, Five9, AWS), Not ideal for: startups, small support teams, or buyers needing transparent self-serve pricing.
    Best for
    Large enterprise contact centers (telecom, financial services, travel, home services), CX leaders needing unified human + AI agent operations, Regulated industries requiring ISO 42001, HIPAA, SOC 2, GDPR controls, Organizations buying through CCaaS partners (Genesys, NICE, Five9, AWS), Not ideal for: startups, small support teams, or buyers needing transparent self-serve pricing.
    Pricing notes
    Verified patterns (July 2026): Public pricing — Not published; cresta.com/pricing returns 404; all CTAs route to demo/sales. AWS Marketplace (Agent Assist only) — $150,000/yr for up to 125K chats OR 100K calls; overages $1.20/chat, $1.50/call (partial SKU visibility only). Industry estimates — Mid-market deployments often $50K–$150K+/yr; large enterprise seven figures (third-party; confirm with sales). Procurement — Direct sales, Google Cloud Marketplace, and CCaaS partner channels. Free trial / self-serve — None; demo required at cresta.com/request-a-demo.

    Pros & cons

    Editorial notes to help compare fit before opening the vendor site.

    Pros

    • Unified human + AI agent platform with shared data and orchestration
    • Real-time agent assist plus full conversation intelligence at scale
    • Enterprise compliance certifications (ISO 42001, HIPAA, SOC 2, GDPR)
    • No-code Opera layer for CX ops without data science teams
    • Proven at Fortune 500 scale (100M+ conversations processed per vendor)

    Cons

    • No public pricing — requires lengthy sales cycle
    • High entry cost
    • typically not viable under ~50 agents
    • No free trial or self-serve onboarding
    • Implementation and change management overhead
    • Full platform cost opaque beyond partial AWS Marketplace SKUs

    Review notes

    Context from the listing review and editorial research.

    Cresta is a category leader for enterprise CX AI with strong funding, ISO/IEC 42001 certification (first in category per vendor), and named Fortune 500 logos. Buyers cite defensible ROI and unified platform vs point solutions. Main friction: opaque pricing, long implementation (15–30% of contract value cited for professional services), and minimum deal size excludes mid-market. Competes with CCaaS-native AI and specialists like Observe.AI and Decagon.

    Extended features

    In-depth description and capability notes.

    Cresta AI Agent — Autonomous omnichannel agents for voice and digital with guardrails and testing. Agent Assist — Real-time next-best-action, knowledge surfacing, smart compose, auto-summarization. Conversation Intelligence — 100% interaction analysis for trends, risk, and revenue opportunities. Cresta Opera — No-code AI orchestration to configure, test, and govern AI behavior. Quality Management & Coach — AI-scored QA and manager coaching at scale. Agent Operations Center — Manage human and AI agents as one hybrid workforce.

    Use cases

    Cresta fits Fortune 500 and large enterprise contact centers (typically 50+ agents minimum per industry reports) seeking measurable ROI: higher containment, lower AHT, improved CSAT, revenue per call, and compliance. Deploy against high-value use cases identified via Automation Discovery, then expand across voice, chat, and email. Not for SMBs or self-serve experimentation.